9-Year-Old Accused of Dealing Cough Drop Drugs

Ask a nine-year-old what drugs are and you are likely to hear things like cigarettes, marijuana, even alcohol. But I think you would be hard-pressed to find a kid - or an adult - who would categorize Vitamin C as a drug. Unless you were Khalin Rivenbark's fourth-grade teacher. The Clay County, Florida teacher has accused the Khalin of not only possessing the Vitamin C drug, but selling it as well.

Khalin had been fighting a cold, so her father put a bag of Halls Defense Vitamin C cough drops in her backpack. When two of Khalin's classmates asked for one of those cough drops at school, she says she handed them over. But her friend insisted on paying her for the drops. "She felt guilty taking the cough drop or whatever, so she gave me a dollar. I didn't want to accept it, but she had me take it," Khalin said.

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That's when things turned ugly. Khalin says her teacher witnessed the transaction and came down hard. "She saw me with the cough drops out and I guess she saw me give it to one of my friends, and then like, 'Oh, I see this good business going on around you,'" Khalin said. "She said, 'You're selling drugs.' (I said) 'No I'm not.'" Khalin and her classmates are now facing possible punishment over the incident.The Clay County Schools handbook addresses the issue of kids taking of prescription and over-the-counter medications at school: "If a student must take a prescription or over-the-counter medication during school hours, it must be received and stored in the original container, and be labeled with the student's name, current date, prescription dosage, frequency of administration and physician's name."

So, the question here is whether or not Halls Defense Vitamin C cough drops are considered an over-the-counter drug. According to a local news reporter, the ingredients in the cough drops are almost identical to those in a Lifesaver candy and do not include menthol. This would seem to indicate, at least to me, that Khalin did nothing wrong and is being unfairly accused of being a drug dealer.

I appreciate the fact that school teachers must make judgment calls on a regular basis. But in this case, it sounds like the teacher rushed in making her judgment.

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This is what u call a teacher on a POWER trip, she has tooken her use of authority forgranted. Just as SOME law enforcement officers are on power trips, this teacher has. She also overexagerated this situation a little to much to cause almost embarressment to the poor child. I understand the policy on over the counter medications as well as perscription, I also strongly agree with all medications any child is taking be held at the office or the nurses office that way the nurse or an adult can administer the medication properly insuring the child has taken the correct amount at the correct times.

You know, if I had this reporter in front of me I'd would just smack them up side the head right now. They COMPLETELY twisted this story and made both the little girl and the father out to be real monsters in this headlines. Of couse the story is about the jackass teacher who turned something very innocent into something very dirty and disgusting. I can't believe what a butt head this teacher was. This child was NOT selling drugs. This girl offered a friend a cough drop because she asked for one. Let's face it, most of these things taste like candy. The child offered to pay for it as she was probably taught by good parents this was the proper thing to do. When the children explained this to the teacher that should have been the end of it. I'd love to have the name and school of this stupid ass teacher to writer her an email to explain to her just exactly how idiotic her misjudgement was. I hope she has a decent principal with come common sense that she has to answer to that explained to her the difference between selling drugs and two friends sharing some cough drops. In my day in elementary in the 60s this NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. And you know what, my generation have grown up to have all sorts of outstanding individuals. Much more reliable than the kids in the last 20 years who have all of these insane outrageous rules in schools. In fact, my brother and his friends would take their new hunting rifles they got for Christmas to school to show their friends, show the teachers and keep them in their lockers all day and then take them home on the bus. NO ONE freaked out. I realize it is a different age due to a few bad apples, but we have long ago forgotten how to let children just be kids. I wouldn't go through childhood again for a billion dollars in today's world, it's pure hell for these kids. And this reporter with this headline, they're just as bad trying to make some sensational when the truth would have been better. Both reporter and teacher are idiots here.

This has to be the stupidest shit I have ever read !!! And how dare AOL Lead us to believe that it really happened Shame the Hell On You. It amazes me that people can get on the internet and say what they want regardless of who it hurts and AOL isnt alone. Some sites thrive on it and it should be banned hell you cant print things in the paper without approval and website should be no different !!!!

Get real! Would she rather have the child(ren) hacking in class and disrupting her teaching? Cough drops are moisture and lubrication for the throat, not a drug that must go through FDA. The laws and rules for schools are going way too far. We're becoming a police state - businesses, schools, public places . . .We're losing our freedoms a "rule" or "law" at a time. Leave a certain amount of free choice, please.

Did I miss something, or did they not even disclose the teachers name. Not only can a teacher be evil and moronic, they get hidden from the public eye at the expense of a nine year old who's dad is just trying to keep his daughter healthy without missing school at the same time. However, this should'nt be too surprising since where I live they handcuffed a seven year old for bringing scissors to school.

I've been trying to leave a comment here for hours. Stupid aol. anyway my kid had to go to the school nurse to take a cough drop because they regulate them... seriously. I freaked out too. so the teacher was probably thinking in that regard. maybe it didn't quite go down like what was said (over exagerating?) anyway even so it is pretty ridiculous. overreacted, yes... shot in the face? get a life redneck. blame it on what it needs to be, political correctness due to a litigious society. but in short it's the admistrations fault, they do consider cough drops as contriband, crazy or not. it's a controlled substance. I know I couldn't believe it either but its' true. so technically, the teacher couldn't let the kid do that, now, if...IF she did it THAT way, that is absurd and she needs to take a day off when she's ragging that hard, come on. there's no excuse for ACTING in that regard...

fire the teacher.... she just ruined the life of a nine year old girl by acussing her of selling drugs... WOW people, what have we become??? the act of human compassion... to help out a friend... with a sore throat.... the teacher should've looked further in to this before accussing the girl...